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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, August 16

Ulugbek Yuldashev (Awok)

Fireside Chat

Kyrgyz entrepreneur Ulugbek Yuldashev is the founder and chief executive officer of AWOK.com, which is, one of the leading online retail platforms in the UAE. He founded the online store in 2013, which commenced operations, by selling electronics and gadgets. The company has grown rapidly since its inception, offers over 50,000 products across 30 plus categories, and employs close to 500 people.

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Wednesday, September 20

Idriss Al Rifai (fetchr)

Fireside Chat

Entrepreneur passionate about e-commerce and logistics in emerging markets. CEO and founder of the latest on demand delivery business, Fetchr. Fetchr supports both B2B, B2C and peer2peer deliveries in the Middle East. Fetchr is also an e-commerce enabler with solutions for any business who wants to expand their operations online in the Middle East. More info @ www.fetchr.us.

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Past Events

Jean-Michel Gauthier i (InternsME.com)

Jean-Michel Gauthier i (InternsME.com)

 Johan Persson (Careem)

Johan Persson (Careem)

 Ray Dargham (Step Conference)

Ray Dargham (Step Conference)

 Mai Medhat (Eventtus)

Mai Medhat (Eventtus)

 Noor Shawwa (Endeavor UAE)

Noor Shawwa (Endeavor UAE)

 Winter Party (Dubai Network)

Winter Party (Dubai Network)

 Dunia Othman and Ibrahim Colak (mrUsta)

Dunia Othman and Ibrahim Colak (mrUsta)

 Peter Tavener (Beehive Group Investments)

Peter Tavener (Beehive Group Investments)

 Ramzi Nakad (Co-Founder of BRAG & FASHION FORWARD)

Ramzi Nakad (Co-Founder of BRAG & FASHION FORWARD)

 Elissa Freiha (WOMENA, an angel investment platform)

Elissa Freiha (WOMENA, an angel investment platform)

 Walid Singer (Presella)

Walid Singer (Presella)

 Tanaz Dizadji (insydo)

Tanaz Dizadji (insydo)

 Philip Bahoshy (MAGNiTT-Investment Database Network)

Philip Bahoshy (MAGNiTT-Investment Database Network)

 Sahar Wahbeh (Dumye)

Sahar Wahbeh (Dumye)

 Amira Rashad (Head of Brand, Facebook MENA)

Amira Rashad (Head of Brand, Facebook MENA)

 Fida Chaaban (Entrepreneur Middle East Magazine)

Fida Chaaban (Entrepreneur Middle East Magazine)

 Tariq Qureishy (Formerly DowJonesEMEADirector)

Tariq Qureishy (Formerly DowJonesEMEADirector)

 Aiman Kabli (Startup Central UAE)

Aiman Kabli (Startup Central UAE)

 Shant Oknayan (Head of SMB Marketing at Google Google)

Shant Oknayan (Head of SMB Marketing at Google Google)

 Ambareen Musa (Souqalmal.com)

Ambareen Musa (Souqalmal.com)

 Tariq Qureishy (100%MAD) & (Haider Khan (Bayut))

Tariq Qureishy (100%MAD) & (Haider Khan (Bayut))

 Michael Lahyani (PropertyFinder)

Michael Lahyani (PropertyFinder)

 Sharif El Badawi (Google)

Sharif El Badawi (Google)

 Louis Lebbos & Muhammed Mekki (AstroLabs)

Louis Lebbos & Muhammed Mekki (AstroLabs)

 Kıvanç Arkaç (Foodonclick.com)

Kıvanç Arkaç (Foodonclick.com)

 Clare Woodcraft-Scott (The Emirates Foundation)

Clare Woodcraft-Scott (The Emirates Foundation)

 Rima(Nabbesh) & Hassan(500 Startups) (6pm-8pm)

Rima(Nabbesh) & Hassan(500 Startups) (6pm-8pm)

 CEO Lucy Chow (The Elements Group)

CEO Lucy Chow (The Elements Group)

 Co-Founder BENJAMIN DE TERSSAC (Carpool Arabia)

Co-Founder BENJAMIN DE TERSSAC (Carpool Arabia)

 Ben Ouattara (Expo2020 Ambassador & CEO Beyond Films)

Ben Ouattara (Expo2020 Ambassador & CEO Beyond Films)

 Wassim Karkabi (ActionCOACH MiddleEast)

Wassim Karkabi (ActionCOACH MiddleEast)

 Wassim Karkabi (ActionCOACH POSTPONED!!!!!)

Wassim Karkabi (ActionCOACH POSTPONED!!!!!)

 Dr. Aleem Mirza (Dubai Healthcare City)

Dr. Aleem Mirza (Dubai Healthcare City)

 ASIL ATTAR (CEO at Lead Associates)

ASIL ATTAR (CEO at Lead Associates)

 Kess Daniels (TechVoize)

Kess Daniels (TechVoize)

 Tena Pick (Co Founder of the Sustainability Platform)

Tena Pick (Co Founder of the Sustainability Platform)

 Loulou, Genny, Mona (Nabbesh, Pi Slice,Mompreneurs)

Loulou, Genny, Mona (Nabbesh, Pi Slice,Mompreneurs)

 Christopher Thomas CEO/Co-Founder (Eureeca)

Christopher Thomas CEO/Co-Founder (Eureeca)

 Genny Ghanimeh CEO of PiSlice (w/Sadaffe Abid Harvard)

Genny Ghanimeh CEO of PiSlice (w/Sadaffe Abid Harvard)

 Aman Merchant (IMPACT HUB Dubai)

Aman Merchant (IMPACT HUB Dubai)

 Tamer Nahas(CEO ofBoldTalks) (w/Guest Giorgio Ungania)

Tamer Nahas(CEO ofBoldTalks) (w/Guest Giorgio Ungania)

 Kamal Hassan (Turn8 Accelerator & Innovation360)

Kamal Hassan (Turn8 Accelerator & Innovation360)

 Ravi Bhusari (DUPLAYS.com)

Ravi Bhusari (DUPLAYS.com)

 LouLou Khazen Baz (nabbesh.com)

LouLou Khazen Baz (nabbesh.com)

 JC Butler & Sim Whatley (Dubizzle.com)

JC Butler & Sim Whatley (Dubizzle.com)

Team

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Christine Souffrant Ntim

Dubai Director

Christine Souffrant Ntim is a Haitian-American entrepreneur with over 7 years business management experience across 30+countries. She was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30, AdAge 40 Under 40, Haiti Changemakers 1804 List, and Caribbean Change Makers 30 Under 30 in 2016. She speaks on leadership, disruptive entrepreneurship, and exponential tech AI, VR, Robotics at the United Nations, TEDx, European Union Forum and over 20+ global conferences each year. She also interviews top influencers in the Middle East as the Managing Chapter Director of Startup Grind Dubai, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. Her entrepreneurial journey started with Vendedy , a social network connecting people to street markets. The innovative platform was featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine, IBM Global Entrepreneur, Microsoft, the Clinton Global Initiative, Master Card Priceless Pitch, SheKnowsMedia Pitch, Chivas Venture Million Dollar Prize, Forbes Million Dollar Prize Top 40, SOCAP Gratitude Network, Rent the Runway Project Entrepreneur and Digital Entertainment World. Her efforts to digitize a $10 trillion dollar street market economy by centralizing the world’s 200,000 street markets was also featured in alumni networks at Singularity@NASA, Draper University, Dartmouth College Alumni Magazine, and Hult International Business School Magazine. Today, Christine is an award-winning keynote speaker, traveler and serial entrepreneur who builds startup ecosystems for entrepreneurs. From digital accelerators across 7 regions: Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, Middle East, Asia, Europe, via GlobalStartupEcosystem.com to intense branding boot camps via BrandEntrepreneurs.com, Christine has made the startup development blue print an inspiring endeavor for both aspiring and serial entrepreneurs with her award-winning talk- “Entrepreneurship Without Borders”.

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Ahmed Elmurtada

Regional Director - Middle East

Ahmed is Middle East Regional Director of Startup Grind and runs the Khartoum Chapter . Powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, Startup Grind is a Silicon Valley based global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs through monthly events in 200 cities and 98 countries . Ahmed is running a cyber security consultancy company called Dukooo , along with SIMPAY ,a Mobile Money FinTech Startups aims to Disrupt the Africa market by Connecting the Unbanked Customers to Merchants by Processing Payments through mobile services .

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